{"id":2675118,"date":"2026-10-03T18:20:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-might-have-your-banking-info-if-you-supported-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T18:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:28:49","slug":"jack-smith-might-have-your-banking-info-if-you-supported-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-might-have-your-banking-info-if-you-supported-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Smith Might Have Your Banking Info if You Supported Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjack-smith-might-have-your-banking-info-if-you-supported-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2675118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s investigation into President Donald Trump involved collecting financial data from small-dollar donors across all 50 states, including checks from supporters who contributed as little as $1, during a period from September 2019 to August 2023. This broad data collection raised concerns about privacy violations, as the Department of Justice and FBI reportedly possess sensitive donor information such as home addresses, bank details, and signatures.  <\/p>\n<p>The investigation, primarily focused on the events of January 6, 2020, also included scrutiny of alleged attempts to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. However,critics,including Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley,highlighted what they see as overreach and unequal treatment,pointing out that the FBI did not similarly investigate potential financial wrongdoing related to the Clinton Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley criticized the scope of the investigation, which encompassed private communications, toll records of Congress members, and data from various media outlets. Smith testified before Congress, confirming that the investigation involved obtaining financial information, which prompted questions about possible constitutional violations and the extent of privacy infringement.The situation has sparked bipartisan concerns about the legality and ethics of such wide-ranging surveillance activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s sweeping investigation into President Donald Trump included the financial data of everyday supporters across 50 states who gave as little as $1 to the president and allied groups, new documents reveal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Smith\u2019s team obtained at least <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/personal_checks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4,782 checks<\/a> from everyday Americans making mainly small-dollar donations. Smith\u2019s sweep \u2014 though ostensibly focused on the events of Jan. 6, 2020 \u2014 hoovered up checks from September 2019 to August 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Biden administration wielded the country\u2019s most powerful law enforcement tools to spy on Republicans with little concern for whether it violated the Constitution, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Grassley released the documents as part of an ongoing probe into the investigation the FBI codenamed \u201cArctic Frost\u201d that formally began in\u00a0April 2022 into a 2020 fake elector scheme. Arctic Frost and two other FBI investigations \u2014 one relating to Jan. 6 codenamed \u201cProject Coconut\u201d and one related to Mar-a-Lago documents codenamed \u201cProject Cranberry\u201d \u2014 mired Trump\u2019s return to the White House and ensnared hundreds of conservative individuals and entities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, where Grassley pressed Smith on the apparent overreach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cDid you obtain possession of donor data, to include financial information, yes or no?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">After a pause, Smith said, \u201cour investigation was focused on investigating matters under my mandate including whether any person or entity violated the law with attempts to block the peaceful transfers of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cLet me ask the question again. Did your special counsel operation obtain possession of donor data, to include financial information, yes or no?\u201d Grassley pressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cYes we acquired financial information. As I sit here right now I cannot recite to you every subpoena we issued. I can tell you why we issued subpoenas,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt was to conduct a criminal investigation into one of the most serious crimes in our nation\u2019s history. I had a duty to collect facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cYou answered yes \u2026 The list includes checks from constituents in every state of every single member of this committee, both Republicans and Democrats,\u201d Grassley replied. \u201cEvery member on this committee ought to be outraged for what happened to their constituents. Which one of my Democratic colleagues will join me in that outrage?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Smith did not include any reference to this data in his public report, Grassley pointed out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The intrusion may still jeopardize these Americans\u2019 privacy, as the Department of Justice and FBI continue to possess these donors\u2019 home addresses, bank account and routing numbers, and signatures, Grassley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In his opening statement, Grassley lambasted Smith for casting as wide a net as possible in his Jan. 6 probe, appearing to map out the entire Republican Party as complicit in the \u201ccrime\u201d of supporting Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Among the targets of the probe: The toll records of 16 members of Congress, the records of hundreds of Republican groups and individuals, and intrusions into 87 Trump White House phones. The White House records included communications with a further 44 members of Congress and dozens of media outlets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The outlets include 60 Minutes, Associated Press, Bloomberg, CBS, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, LA Times, Mark Levin Show, Media Research Center, NBC, NPR, NY Magazine, Reuters, The Federalist, The Washington Post, Washington Times and the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Grassley also pointed to an apparent double standard: The FBI never conducted a fulsome investigation of possible criminal activity related to donors to the Clinton Foundation and the Hillary Clinton campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">For instance, the FBI recorded a conversation between Clinton and Indian hotel magnate Sant Singh Chatwal in which Clinton discussed donations to the foundation and her remaining 2008 campaign debt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">But when Clinton arrived to the FBI in July 2016 to answer questions about her use of a private  server in a separate investigation codenamed \u201cMidyear Exam,\u201d D.C. agents asked nothing about the allegations of pay-to-play with foreign governments or use of the global charity as a slush fund.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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